i had to laugh about the horse and omar the tentmaker.
thanks to everyone for your comments. i really appreciated hearing that i was not the only one who has experienced bad shopping in madrid.
and i want to add that i don't buy the sugar-coating thing. there's being honest, and then there's being plain rude and most people know the difference no matter what culture.
all of the things i tried on actually did fit, as like most women, i do kinda know my body proportions by sight. they may have been a little too tight or rubbed where they shouldn't have or had some other thing going on that i didn't like, but they did fit. why would i waste my time with way too small clothes? i mean, most women try on things that they know are going to fit, but don't know how they are going to lay or move when on.
to be told by a total stranger that is just seeing me for the first time that i'm too big...well...that is just plain rude.
honest would have been:
those shirts (skirts, dresses, etc.) are cut so (way too, very, etc.)small.
rude is:
you are too big for those shirts etc.
the sad thing is that in many of the cases, and like a lot of women out there who have gone through bad shopping experiences, i bought the items out of anger.
i love them and will wear them to death now that i've spent so much on them, but i may not have bought them if i hadn't been so pissed off by the treatment, which is stupid of me i know because i not only lose my temper, but also my money to a total stranger. but dang they pissed me off.